Birthday coincidence

Coincidence cousins On the 8th March 1982 my first wife gave birth in the main maternity unit in Rochdale Hospital to my one and only child, a son who as it happens was born six weeks premature. Due to the fact that he was a premature baby he was taken to the special care baby unit where he was placed in an incubator until he was well enough to be placed in a cot before gaining enough weight to be allowed home, nothing much unusual here? However, five years later on Sunday the 8th March 1987 whilst celebrating my sons 5th birthday, my elder sister called to say that my twin sister had been rushed into hospital and had consequently given birth to her one and only child a son who was born six weeks premature. On enquiring to their whereabouts and welfare I was informed that they were in the main maternity unit in Rochdale hospital, not unusual as we all lived in the Rochdale area. Therefore, post my son’s birthday celebrations, and thinking what a coincidence this was starting to develop into, my twin sister giving birth to a baby six weeks premature the same as my son, and on the same date. We went to visit them and the coincidences continued. The maternity unit is a block with a corridor leading down the middle of it with about six rooms split either side and four to six beds to each room. When we arrived at the room my sister was in, it turns out she was in the same bed in the same corner of the same room which my wife had been in five years previous! However, the new born baby wasn’t with her as he had been taken to the special care unit due to being six weeks premature. On visiting my new nephew in the special care unit which had four rooms with four incubators and cots in, one to each corner, it turned out that my sister’s baby was in the same incubator, in the same corner, of the same room, as my son had been in five years previous. Now here are a few coincidences to analyse for you.